Alexandre Desplat Quotes

Somewhere between this kind of cruising freedom, and this understated moment where all these little things intertwine to create a bigger sound. You don't want one thing to be bright, or too prevalent.

You can't improve sound by having only silence. The problem is to use each at the proper time.

The inside of the tune [the bridge] is the part that makes the outside sound good.

Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.

Sound is more than just noise. Ordered sound is music. My life is music.

There are many types of silence. There is a silence before the note, there is a silence at the end and there is a silence in the middle.

Music is your guide.

By appreciating the darkness when you design the light, you create much more interesting environments that truly enhance our lives.

And then as we played more and more as a trio, it became more and more of a situation where we realized we really knew how to use the fourth member of the group - that space. The thing about the trio is that it's the biggest sound you can have with the smallest unit.

Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.

I really believe in melody.

Music is organized sound.

The words are ludicrous at times, but you add the reality to it and that gives it the balance it has.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Music deals with time and timing. It's so magical, but when you get into it, every little sound and every little space between the sounds, it's critical, so critical. And if it's not there, it not only feels wrong, but it ruins things.

Saxophone is one thing, and music is another.

Textures apply to everything I do. Even within my music, I like smooth things, and then hard and fluffy things, all giving them their place to shine.

The sound of the orchestra is one of the most magnificent musical sounds that has ever existed.

Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there's always a melody in there.

The best way to express rhythm is music.

Design, whether it's on your body or in your home, is the same thing. It's mixing different colors, different textures, and unexpected patterns - elements that you wouldn't often put together in an interesting way.

I get the same charge from juxtaposition of colors as I do from juxtaposition of chords.

Slipknot is the darkness; Stone Sour is the light. Slipknot is chaos; Stone Sour is structure.

Medicine to produce health must examine disease; and music, to create harmony must investigate discord.

Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying this tragedy and this comedy.